A man accused of abducting his child Tuesday led sheriff’s deputies on a half hour high-speed pursuit from Highland to Phelan.

Deputies were called about 7:15 p.m. to a hit and run traffic collision at the intersection of Baseline Street and Del Rosa Avenue. After deputies arrived, witnesses pointed out the involved vehicle but 38-year-old Clyde Albert Rister Jr. allegedly refused to pull over and sped off.

“Almost immediately, the family contacted deputies and advised them that (Rister) had taken the child,” said sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Beavers.

It is unknown how Rister took his 6-year-old child, who was in the vehicle for the pursuit. The San Bernardino man led deputies onto the 210, 215 and 15 freeways and eventually exited on Highway 138 in the Phelan area and fled alone on foot.

A sheriff’s helicopter soon located Rister hiding in brush and arrested him on suspicion of a hit and run and felony evading.